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> [The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/the-dignity-of-man-lies-in-his-ability-to-face-reality-in-all-its/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

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## More by Martin Esslin

> [The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/the-theatre-of-the-absurd-can-be-seen-as-the-reflection-of-what-seems/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

> [There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/there-is-a-lot-of-dignity-in-having-the-ability-to-confront-the/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

> [The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical embodiment and manifestation of existentialism. It is part reality and part nightmare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/the-theatre-of-the-absurd-is-a-theatrical-embodiment-and/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

> [The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/the-dignity-of-man-lies-in-his-ability-to-face-reality-in-all-its/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

> [Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/today-when-death-and-old-age-are-increasingly-concealed-behind/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

> [The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being - that is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/the-theatre-of-the-absurd-has-renounced-arguing-about-the-absurdity/)

[Martin Esslin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-esslin/)

> [It has been rightly said that what a critic wants to understand he must, at one time, have deeply loved, even if only for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-esslin/it-has-been-rightly-said-that-what-a-critic-wants-to-understand-he/)

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